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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1956-06-20 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 12272 · night · 2:00

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cincinnati Redlegs 3–2. Curt Simmons earned the win. Stan Lopata went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7
PHI	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0		3	6

W: Curt Simmons L: Art Fowler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Frank Dascoli · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	3	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Post	4	0	1	0	0	2
Gus Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Robinson	2	1	1	0	2	0
Ed Bailey	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ray Jablonski	3	1	2	1	0	0
Roy McMillan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Art Fowler	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Grammas	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Dyck	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	1	0	0
Marv Blaylock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	4	1	2	1	0	2
Del Ennis	3	0	0	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Kazanski	2	1	0	0	1	0
Roy Smalley	3	0	1	1	0	1
Curt Simmons	2	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Fowler	6.0	5	1	3
Joe Black	2.0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	9.0	7	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: S8
Wally Post: K
Gus Bell: 9
Ted Kluszewski: 43

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 13
Marv Blaylock: 3/G
Stan Lopata: K

Top 2

Frank Robinson: S9
Ed Bailey: 3/G.1-2
Ray Jablonski: S4.2-3
Roy McMillan: K
Art Fowler: K

Bot 2

Del Ennis: K
Elmer Valo: 43
Willie Jones: 7/7D

Top 3

Johnny Temple: 8
Wally Post: K
Gus Bell: 8

Bot 3

Ted Kazanski: W
Roy Smalley: K
Curt Simmons: 13.1-2
Richie Ashburn: D8.2-H
Marv Blaylock: 63

Top 4

Ted Kluszewski: K
Frank Robinson: W
Ed Bailey: S6.1-3
Ray Jablonski: 8/SF.3-H
Roy McMillan: 9

Bot 4

Stan Lopata: S4/8S#
Del Ennis: 9(B)3(1)/DP
Elmer Valo: 5/FL

Top 5

Art Fowler: 3/FL
Johnny Temple: 4/P
Wally Post: S7
Gus Bell: 8

Bot 5

Willie Jones: D7
Ted Kazanski: 63.2-3
Roy Smalley: S7.3-H
Curt Simmons: 13/SH.1-2
Richie Ashburn: 8

Top 6

Ted Kluszewski: 63
Frank Robinson: 9
Ed Bailey: 3/G

Bot 6

Marv Blaylock: 6
Stan Lopata: HR/8
Del Ennis: 6/P
Elmer Valo: 43

Top 7

Ray Jablonski: S7
Roy McMillan: S8.1-2
Alex Grammas: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Temple: 8/SF.3-H
Wally Post: 2/FL

Bot 7

Willie Jones: 7
Ted Kazanski: 63
Roy Smalley: 7

Top 8

Gus Bell: 43
Ted Kluszewski: 8
Frank Robinson: W
Ed Bailey: K

Bot 8

Curt Simmons: 7
Richie Ashburn: 9/L
Marv Blaylock: S9
Stan Lopata: K

Top 9

Ray Jablonski: 7/L
Roy McMillan: 9
Jim Dyck: K/C